Giant Sequoia
Scientific Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz
Synonym: Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia wellingtonia
Family: Taxodiaceae ...
The Giant Sequoia should grow in Arkansas, but I personally know of no trees in the state. A tree grows on the grounds of the nation's capitol, surely no cooler or less humid than Little Rock.
Sequoiadendron giganteum. BIG TREE, GIANT SEQUOIA. Sierra Nevada
TAXODIACEAE (Taxodium family) ...
Giant sequoia
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giant sequoia Cupressaceae (Taxodiaceae) Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz symbol: SEGI2
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Giant Sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
One of the world's largest trees with fibrous, reddish-brown trunk much enlarged and buttressed at base, fluted into ridges, and conspicuously narrowed or tapered above; narrow, conical crown of short, stout, ...
Giant Sequoia, France
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Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum: 1,487 m³ (52,508 cu ft), General Sherman[26]
Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens: 1,203 m³ (42,500 cu ft), Lost Monarch[27] ...
The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), a.k.a the Wellingtonia, after
the Duke of Wellington, has more Juniper like foliage, holds the record of
being the largest living thing on the planet.
Giant sequoias are cultivated in Europe and eastern North America as well as the US West Coast. They do best in a moderately fertile, deep, well drained soil, in full sun to partial shade. They like a cool climate.
Common name Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood
The Sequoia is a genus in the family Cupressaceae that contains only one species, Sequoia sempervirens. It is the tallest tree in the world and it can live more than 2,000 years.
Sierra Redwood, Giant Sequoia, Big Tree
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A single species (see below).
Sequoia: after Sequoiah (1770-1843) and the Greek dendron, tree.
Sequoiadendron giganteum [Sierra Redwood] Common Name List ...
Giant redwood, giant sequoia (Sequoiadendrom giganteum)
Ginger (Zingiber officinalis)
Ginkgo, maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Ginseng, American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus) ...
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
Gilliflower (Matthiola incana)
Gillyflower (Matthiola incana 'Cinderella')
Gillyflower (Matthiola incana)
Gillyflower (Matthiola incana 'Midget') ...
(skwoi´), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species.
Common name(s): giant redwood, Wellingtonia, giant sequoia
Synonym(s): Wellingtonia gigantea, Sequoia gigantea
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria.
On the other side of the country, the giant sequoia of California is the largest living thing on earth. The nearby redwoods are also huge in size.
Sequoiadendron giganteum giant sequoia
evergreen, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 5a thru 9b ...
Other Common Names: Big Tree, Giant Sequoia
Family: Cupressaceae
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 See also: Sequoia, Redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoiadendron, Green
  
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